Adam Nimoy to appear on The Big Bang Theory

The show announced on its Twitter and Facebook this week that Leonard Nimoy’s son, Adam, will appear on the show’s Nov. 5 episode, “The Spock Resonance.” It appears that he will be playing himself. The 59-year-old Nimoy is expected to appear as himself in the episode when he interviews Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) as part of a documentary about his father. Here’s the episode’s synopsis, from CBS: Leonard Nimoy never appeared physically on Big Bang — only voicing a Spock action figure in a dream sequence in one episode — but his influence has been constantly felt throughout the very nerdy show. Made popular by Star Trek: The Original Series, Nimoy became a science fiction icon, a huge figure who continued to appear on television shows decades after his own show ended. It has even featured a game called “Rock, Paper, Scissors … Lizard, Spock.” When the Star Trek star died earlier this year, the show paid tribute to him on-air.

Despite his advanced age, his death came as a shock to us all; the United States and the rest of the world truly lost an irreplaceable figure that day. The late star offered his voice and presence a number of times, including the episode ‘The Transporter Malfunction.’ Beloved protagonist Sheldon Cooper, played by Jim Parsons, adored Leonard Nimoy, whose character Mr.

The fact that the episode is simply a detailed tribute to the late Nimoy seems fairly clear from the title, improving upon the already touching tribute to Nimoy previously offered by the show. After Leonard Nimoy’s death, the documentary was of course put on hold, until Adam decided that the film would be better suited to chronicling and honoring the life of his iconic father. Unfortunately, he never appeared in person on the set of The Big Bang Theory, but the television show honored him like no other; in the flesh or not, Nimoy had a huge impact on the show.